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Mido and Shawky's Boro got eleiminated from the FA cup
after losing terribly at home to championship side Cardiff
City by two goals to nil. Boro failed in every aspect
of the game, goalkeeping, defending, midfielders and
forwards were all at their worst. Mido started on bench
and came on during half time to replace Alves. However,
he failed to make any positive impact.
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Mido failed to make impact when he came on
Terrible Display by Middlesboro:
Boro entered the match with big chances
to qualify. They played at home with large crowd supporting
them. They didn't miss any of their players due to injury
apart from Shawky and the suspended Aliadiere. They
are (on paper) the much better side that should reach
the semi-final with ease.
However, real world performance was quite
different as Cardiff scored a fine goal in the opening
minutes which was followed by a second thanks to the
poor positioning from Boro's defense.
Boro made Cardiff look like world beaters
in the first half. Defending was poor and midfield was
chaotic as Arca and Rochemback kept hoofing the ball
clear and failed to deliver any decent ball to Tuncay
or Alves.
The Turkish international Tuncay was in
extremely poor shape as well, his first touch was awful
and almost won zero headers.
On the other hand, Alves was anonymous
in the first half apart from a fine shot that was parried
by the goalkeeper.
Mido couldn't make the desired impact:
Mido replaced Alves during halftime, but
he barely got the ball in the 2nd half. Cardiff put
Boro players under big pressure and all the passes went
astray. Mido was heavily marked and couldn't cause any
threat.
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